3.2 - Management and styles of leadership

Question 1

What do managers do

Answer 1

Set objectives - targets for the organisation and employees to achieve

Plan - Create strategies to achieve the targets that have been set

Make decisions -
- E.g:
corporate (whole company)
functional (departments: finance, marketing, operations)

Analyse data and information - in order to make decisions and review progress

Question 2

Types of management or leadership styles in a business

Answer 2

Authoritarian -> Decision making powers are kept at the top of an organisation

Democratic -> Decision making powers are not kept at the top of an organisation

Paternalistic -> Decision making powers are kept at the top of the organisation but decisions are intended to be in the best interests of the workforce

Laissez-Faire -> The leader has minimal input in the decision making process and leaves the running of the organisation to employees

Question 3

What is an authoritarian leadership

Answer 3

AKA autocratic

Decision making powers are kept at the top of an organisation. Little use of consultation or delegation

Autocratic leaders prefer a HARD HR approach and favour McGregor’s Theory X

Question 4

What is a democratic leadership

Answer 4

Decision making powers aren’t kept at the top of an organisation. Decisions are intended to be in the best interests of the workforce

Question 5

What is a paternalistic leadership

Answer 5

Decision making powers are kept at the top of the organisation but decisions are intended to be in the best interests of the workforce

Question 6

What is laissez - faire leadership

Answer 6

Leaders have minimal input in the decision making process and leaves the running of the organisation to the employees

Question 7

What influences styles of leadership

Answer 7

• Organisational culture and history of the business
• The specific situation of the environment
• Skills and experieces of both the leader ad team

Question 8

What is the Tannenbaum Schmidt Continum

Answer 8

Shows the relationship between the level of free given to employees in relation to decision making

Question 9

Influences on style of leadership

Answer 9

The organisational culture and history of the business

The type of workers employed by the business (how trained and skilled they are)

The nature of work for the employees

The personality, experiences and preferences of the leaders

Question 10

What are the 5 stages of the Tannenbaum Schmidt Continum

Answer 10

Sells -> Makes decisions, tells
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Consults -> Gets suggestions and makes them then decides
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Shares -> Defines limits, group decides
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Delegates -> Subordinates function within designed limits